Lone Star Outdoor Show

Dallas Safari Continues it's work on the front lines of conservation by hiring Matt Boguslawski as the new Manager of Advocacy. The lifelong big game hunter holds a PH License in Tanzania, has worked for Conservation Force and will now lead DSC from an advocacy standpoint going forward. Matt joined me in studio to talk [...]

So much to get into this week and we start with Sportsmen's Alliance VP of Marketing Brian Lynn. The fact that Pennsylvania hunters haven't been legally allowed to hunt on Sundays since the colonial days of the late 1600s is mind boggling.  Thankfully, those days are finally coming to and end as the outdated "Blue [...]

I was saddened to hear the story my longtime friend and Texoma striper guide Jacob Orr told me concerning his pup "Ember". After nearly a $10,000 investment on the dog and 13 months of professional training it was apparent that she wasn't going to cut it as a duck dog. Jacob joins the show to [...]

It takes a different breed of person to want to train and hunt with a mink. But that's exactly what Joseph Carter did and still does. His unique team of mink (member of the weasel family) and hunting dogs have become very adept and pursuing rodents and small game of various sizes. He even offers [...]

We start off with a big buck tale for the ages when Greg Simons joins the show. He chronicles his 3 year history with what is likely the largest mule deer ever killed in the Lone Star State ( expected to gross in the 290s). We discuss the management plan in place on the 40,000 [...]

Thermal optics have long been associated with hog and predator hunting. However, more affordable units have made it a must have for the deer hunter. Yes, deer hunter in my opinion. Surveying your hunting area with a thermal monocular will allow you to sneak in and out of your set up without blowing deer out [...]

I met Brad Ledrew at the 2017 Dallas Safari Club Convention. His Newfoundland based Moose/Caribou outfit was in my section of exhibitors that I checked in on each day while volunteering as a member of the Exhibitor Welcome Committee. His display/booth for Arluk Outfitters immediately caught my attention. I didn't know much about moose hunting [...]

I wish that I would have had the opportunity to take an outdoor education course in high school. I didn't, but through Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation, many of our young people do have that opportunity. Hunter Education, boater safety, archery, orienteering, and even outdoor cooking are all part of the curriculum that this organization focuses on. [...]

Most of us probably cook our dove poppers and then discard the carcass. Here's a dish inspired by those discarded breastbones. Southwestern Dove Tortilla Soup is a delicious and even healthy way for you to get the most mileage out of those tasty little buggars. Instead of throwing the carcass away, boil those breatbones and [...]

Chris Hughes is the 2nd generation owner of Broken Arrow Meats. An exotic venison supply company that his father founded in the early 1980s. At the time, there weren't many rules or regulations in place and so it was a trailblazing effort to say the least. We discuss how his father wound up supplying venison [...]

If you lease land for the purpose of deer hunting, then you've likely run into some kind of issue over the years. From landowners leasing it out from under you, to family members thinking they can hunt, to stolen property, poachers and the like. I've dealt with it all. But something new popped up on [...]

First of all, thank you for tuning in. I can't believe it's been nearly a decade and 500 episodes. With that out of the way, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than with the annual elk recap. This year my elk hunting partner in crime Chisum Cooke and I headed to Montana [...]

Few hunter/conservationists have traveled and hunted big game as much as Blake Barnett (Co-Host of DSC's Trailing the Hunter's Moon). On this week's show we discuss Blake's most recent international hunt to Australia's Cobourg Peninsula. There he pursued the elusive Banteng, a feral cattle species that the British introduced to Australia in the 1840s. Originally [...]

After almost 10 years and 500 Episodes, I figured it was time to discuss how the little old Lone Star Outdoor Show came about. Plenty of you have asked over the years and I'm always happy to discuss my background. However, my dad and his good buddy Tim Morgan are probably more qualified to uncover [...]

Running and gunning feral hogs on horseback isn't out of the norm for our friend Kaitlyn Lowes. We've been friends through our shared relationship with Pulsar Night Vision and Thermal Imaging for some time. I respect anyone who can train a horse to let them shoot off of it, as is the case with Kaitlyn [...]

Go Wild and First Lite have partnered together to offer up one of the best hunting experiences you'll find - one lucky listener will win a Nebraska mule deer hunt and be outfitted head to toe in First Lite gear. We open up the show with a detailed round table discussion on this Sweepstakes when [...]

Atlantic Flyway greenheads are struggling and nobody seems to know why. The flyway wide bag limit was reduced to 2 birds for the 2019-2020 season. Ducks Unlimited Chief Biologist Tom Moorman jumps on to discuss this unfortunate reality and what, if anything can be done to reverse the trend. Then our good friend and Dallas [...]

We kick things off by breaking down the relationship between Desert Big Horn Sheep and invasive aoudad with Texas Parks and Wildlife Desert Big Horn Leader Froylan Hernandez. His department is in the middle of their aerial surveys which they also use as a method to lethally remove aoudad from areas where they compete with [...]

Anthrax outbreaks in a few Southern Texas counties have killed hundreds of deer, exotics and livestock. Texas Parks and Wildlife head veterinarian Bob Dittmar joins the discussion this week to shed light on a disease I knew vary little about. How is Anthrax contracted? How does it spread? Possible vaccines or is it always fatal? [...]

We kick things off by talking back country boots with lifelong Western big game hunter Jim Winjum- Owner and Founder of Kenetrek Boots. What is flex in a boot, why is it important in the mountains? What about matching the right boot with a reliable sock? Should you choose an insulated boot or not? How [...]

In a career spanning 2 decades, California angler Mike Long built a reputation as America's Big Bass King. Fellow tournament angler and SDFish founder Kellen Ellis was competing against Mike in the early days and they even considered going into business together before Kellen begain to realize the web of lies surrounding Mike's career. (Kellen [...]

Ivan Carter has lived an interesting life as a hunter and conservationist. After nearly 3 decades spent as a Professional Hunter, his career has taken a turn towards full time conservation. He has become in a sense the most respected and influential protector of Africa’s wildlife. In my opinion it makes too much sense, hunters [...]

About once a year Erin agrees to go varmint hunting with me. That usually occurs at our annual Guns and Guitars event at Koon’s Canyon Ranch. This year, that outing took a turn for the worse when a venomous giant centipede crawled up her dress. What ensued next was part frightening, part calamity. We discuss [...]

Diving with tiger sharks and great whites is something I’ve never considered, certainly not without a cage anyway. But for One Ocean Dive Instructor and Shark Naturalist Kayleigh Grant, it’s just another day at the office off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island. We discuss the threats facing today’s global shark populations. Issues such as [...]

Every safari is unique to itself. My 3rd trip to hunt South Africa's Eastern Cape with John X Safaris was more diverse than the previous two safaris. My friend and PH Carl Van Zyl (2nd Generation Owner of John X Safaris) and I set out to hunt a few species that had previously eluded us [...]